Want to go bowling?

It was my brother-in-laws birthday and he came to visit us from Florida.  He's a huge bowler, it's practically his passion so I decided why not make this cake for his birthday.  He's not much of a cake person, but he sure loves my sugar cookies which is what I made the bowling pins out of.  I made a devils food chocolate cake with buttercream icing.  I hand painted the ball and the cake to make it look like a floor.  Take a look.....

Then I realized I didn't have anywhere to write "Happy Birthday" so my husband suggested I do it on a pin.

Here's a side view

and another side view

My brother-in-law is not a big cake person but he loved it!  We did too!

Happy Birthday Donny

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